Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-10-18
MINERS SUFFERING.
GREAT DESrIru1ION AMONG THB MINERS
IN TIE COAL REGIONS.
Probability Of a Continued Stiks-fss rfossls
Sprading-WOrk Of the Rslisf 0Ornitss
ANARCHY Rampant-fhs LAadsn
Watched BY Detectives.

NEW YORK, October IA Freeland,
Pa, special says: The serious effects Of the
great coal strike are fast becoming visible.
All kinds Of business is terribly depressed.
while many Of the small stores are closed.
The saloons, particularly those which trans
act an unscrupulous vile trade, appear to
be the only concerns doing any business.
The low groceries are rapidly becoming
the headquarters Of the desperate charac-
ters who usually put in an appearance
when coal mining interests are shocked by
a strike. Freeland. which has always been
the rendezvous Of q lAwless body Of Hun
garian, Italian, Slavonian and Polish ruff
tians. Is at present crowded with evil spirits.
These wicked foreigners openly defy tho
authorities, and the regularly constituted
coustabulary finds plenty to do to frustrate
the law breaking schemes concocted by the
crooks
The announcement made by the agents Of
the Lehigb Coal and Navigation Company
that all the company's works will be
STOPPED FOR ONE YEAR
unless the strikers return to work by the
Goth inst, has created much excitement la
Panther Valley district and elsewhere In
the Lehigh region, but there is little prob
ability OF any Of the operators Of the COM
pany returning 10 work. The Lehigh Val
lev operators are still actively correspond
ing with labor bureaus in New York, Phil
adelphia, Boston and Baltimore and strong
efforts are being made to obtain laborers to
run the collieries, but all these schemes arc
futile. II is reported that some mining
firms are endeavoring to employ Chinamen
but the story lacks confirmation.
While the mine masters, coal shippers
and railroad managers ar" getting fat and
sleek through immense profits, the sitna-
ton in the mining centres has reached
deplorable point. A tour through the out
lying districts shows that
DEsrITUTIoN, MISERY AND SUFFERING
prevails 10 an alarming extent. In the
Hungarian, Polish and Slavonian settle
menis, relief committees have discovered
many families actually suffering for the
bare pecessaries of life. There Is ais much
sickness in some places and the relief men
and physicians are kept busy. A. there Is
an excellent prospect Of the strike extend
ing TO the Wyoming aud lackawanna
regions hy the close Of the pres
ent month, the outlook for the gen
eral coal trade is exceedingly dark
and discounging. The individual
operators who are completely At the mercy
OF the monopolists are apprehensive that
their business will be utterly ruined.
What with enforced suspension move
ments, scarcity Of cars and other abuses TO
which they are subjected to by the coal
syndicate. the LOT Of the individual opera
tors and shippers is hard one indeed.
The Anarchist element IL evincing
strong disposition TO
START A REBELLION.
The followers Of the red flag have held sew
eral largely attended meetings, and the
harangues Of the long haired and wild-eyed
agitat"rs have been Of character calcu.
lated TO inspire the average Anarchist with
n terrible feeling Of revenge. The An
archist leaders advocate the killing OF the
coal kings, the blowing up Of mines and
the burning of colliory property. The "r.
gus-eyed detectives employed by the ceal
men attend all these gatherings, and the
proceedings are carefully noted down.
The leading Anarchists are constantly
Swallowed, and upon the frst indication OF
an open rebellion Of any kind the arch con-
spirators will be scooped In and jailed.